Grassfed organic ground beef may be more expensive than conventionally raised ground beef, but according to a recent study by Consumer Reports, it’s only half as likely to be the home of dangerous, antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Regardless of what general seasoning you use in your burger patty recipe, salt is probably involved. If you want to cook a tender, juicy burger, wait to add salt to your patty until right before you start cooking.

Most people know that grinding your own meat is the best way to control what goes into your burgers, and results in tastier, juicier, better burgers. Even so, the folks at America's Test Kitchen put the process to the test, and show us how to grind our own with nothing more than a freezer and a food processor.